Neo cons take on immigration - The Orange Mane

Spider · 02-10-2007, 08:53 AM

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Rove on immigration: 'I don't want my son to have to pick tomatoes'
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"The Corner" at the National Review Online reports that at a Republican luncheon yesterday, White House adviser Karl Rove was overheard explaining the Bush amnesty immigration plan by saying, "I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas."

Excepts from "The Corner" article below:

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There should be no need to explain why this is an obscene statement coming from a leader in the party that promotes the virtues of hard work, thrift, and sobriety, a party whose demi-god actually split fence rails as a young man, a party where "respectable Republican cloth coat" once actually meant something. But it does seem to be necessary to explain.

Rove's comment illustrates how the Bush-McCain-Giuliani-Hagel-Martinez-Brownback-Huckabee approach to immigration strikes at the very heart of self-government. It is precisely Rove's son (and my own, and those of the rest of us in the educated elite) who should work picking tomatoes or making beds, or washing restaurant dishes, or mowing lawns, especially when they're young, to help them develop some of the personal and civic virtues needed for self-government. It's not that I want my kids to make careers of picking tomatoes; Mexican farmworkers don't want that either. But we must inculcate in our children, especially those likely to go on to high-paying occupations, that there is no such thing as work that is beneath them.

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Via: Nitpicker
with this attitude , no wonder Bush was making jokes`about WMD 's at a dinner , and why he didnt think twice about invading Iraq ......

Crushaholic · 02-10-2007, 08:30 PM

That was a stupid statement to make, but it likely has more to do with being a rich snob than the particular political party. Some people feel like they are entitled to have things handed to them because of their socioeconomic status...

Spider · 02-10-2007, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Crushaholic

That was a stupid statement to make, but it likely has more to do with being a rich snob than the particular political party. Some people feel like they are entitled to have things handed to them because of their socioeconomic status...

I agree it was stupid ...........
ither way there is alot of truth in what Karl Rove said from these peoples point of view ,my moms side of the family is very rich , as is my wifes family , and they all have the same attitude , Me I chose my path with no regrets , I enjoy working , I enjoy being around real people , instead of people that prop themselves upon a pedastal and I am so much better then you attitude ......... 16 years of marriage and I have never accepted 1 red cent from my wifes family , I know damn well I will hear about how they had to bail me out of trouble .....
Iget my self into a jam , I get myself out ....... to hell with them and their money ......

02-10-2007, 08:53 AM	#1
Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	Neo cons take on immigration http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Ro...want_0209.html Rove on immigration: 'I don't want my son to have to pick tomatoes' RAW STORY Published: Friday February 9, 2007 Print This Email This "The Corner" at the National Review Online reports that at a Republican luncheon yesterday, White House adviser Karl Rove was overheard explaining the Bush amnesty immigration plan by saying, "I don't want my 17-year-old son to have to pick tomatoes or make beds in Las Vegas." Excepts from "The Corner" article below: # There should be no need to explain why this is an obscene statement coming from a leader in the party that promotes the virtues of hard work, thrift, and sobriety, a party whose demi-god actually split fence rails as a young man, a party where "respectable Republican cloth coat" once actually meant something. But it does seem to be necessary to explain. Rove's comment illustrates how the Bush-McCain-Giuliani-Hagel-Martinez-Brownback-Huckabee approach to immigration strikes at the very heart of self-government. It is precisely Rove's son (and my own, and those of the rest of us in the educated elite) who should work picking tomatoes or making beds, or washing restaurant dishes, or mowing lawns, especially when they're young, to help them develop some of the personal and civic virtues needed for self-government. It's not that I want my kids to make careers of picking tomatoes; Mexican farmworkers don't want that either. But we must inculcate in our children, especially those likely to go on to high-paying occupations, that there is no such thing as work that is beneath them. # Via: Nitpicker with this attitude , no wonder Bush was making jokes`about WMD 's at a dinner , and why he didnt think twice about invading Iraq ......

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02-10-2007, 08:30 PM	#2
Crushaholic Armchair Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 22,078	That was a stupid statement to make, but it likely has more to do with being a rich snob than the particular political party. Some people feel like they are entitled to have things handed to them because of their socioeconomic status...